Former President Donald Trump has indicated that he will take the witness stand during his first criminal trial in Manhattan, and one former DOJ official said that the prosecution is likely hoping he won’t change his mind about that. When reporters asked Trump on Friday if he would to under oath in his own defense, he responded, “yes.” According to Newsweek, Joyce Vance — who was U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Alabama during President Barack Obama’s administration — thinks Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is banking on being able to cross-examine the former president. “It’s …